disallowance

== English == === Etymology === From dis- +‎ allowance and disallow +‎ -ance; may be analyzed as dis- +‎ allow +‎ -ance. === Noun === disallowance (countable and uncountable, plural disallowances) The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance. (law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the British monarch disallowing colonial legislation. Coordinate term: reservation ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === (law, politics): disallowance and reservation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia